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The Duchess of Cambridge has wanted to visit New Zealand for as long as she can rememberBradley Page/PA

Jane Knight

Published at 12:01AM, April 5 2014

Where do you take a girl like Kate for a romantic breather in an action-packed royal tour of New Zealand ? You’ve got one night and it’s got a lot to live up to — she’s wanted to visit the country for as long as she can remember. She’s also used to a certain style of romantic bolt hole — she became engaged in a remote log cabin in Kenya, honeymooned in the Seychelles and is just back from a “babymoon” on an exclusive island in the Maldives.

Cue Matakauri Lodge on the banks of Lake Wakatipu. The mountains and lake may be